Lamp-top



S. E. WINSLOW.

Lamp.

Patgnted Oct-'24, 1848..

N4 PETERS. P nata-Lithographer. Wan-hinglomD-C.

SETEI E. WINSLOW, OF KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAMP-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 5,880, dated October 24, 1848.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH E. WINsLow, of Kensington, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedLamp-Top which will Prevent Explosion and Accidents in the Filling ofBurning Fluid-Lamps; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a lamp top with twowick holders: one holding a wick which extends down to the fluidcontained in the lamp resting upon or within a ledge contained in thelower half of the lamp top or resting on the lamp Within the said half:And the other wickholder made in the usual form but so enlarged as tohold a quantity of wick, which in being screwed down brings this wick incontact with the Wick of the lower wick holder, making one continuouswick. The said upper wick holder can be removed when it is lighted, andbe used as safely, as any other lamp, to give light during the refillingof the lamp.

To enable others skilled in the art, to make and use my invention: Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my safety-fluid lamp top as any other lamp top is made: andin order to prevent explosions and accidents in refilling the lamp; Imake an additional wick holder,

below the common wick holder, as shown at A in the accompanying drawing,and I make the ledge to support the lower-wick holder in its place inthe lower half of the lamp top and attachedto it, marked B, or it maybemade separate from it, resting within the said lower half of the top, orupon the upper partof the lamp. Then when the upper wick holder, which Ienlarge, (marked S) 1n order to have it contain a quantity of wick, isscrewed on, the wick of the upper holder comes in contact with the wickof the lower wick holder, and thereby makes one .continuous wick. Whenthe lamp is to be plosion.

SETH E. WINSLOW.

Witnesses: V

CHARLES SHOEMAKER, WILLIAM OWEN.

